I take it you're from WI. Your tip to avoid renting from Turo sounds like a plan. When we were on the Big Island, the time it took to get our car didn't matter because we arrived around 5 PM from Madison, WI. And after finally getting our car, we just drove to the condo we rented at the Houla Resort.I should add that it might be hard to do a day trip, but if you do then I would highly recommend renting a car through Turo rather than a car rental company. It took us about an hour and a half to get a rental car when we arrived in Kona because it is a small airport and you had to take a shuttle. When we did Turo on the next leg, the car was simply waiting for us in the airport parking lot. So that time savings could make a day trip more workable.
Was $39 one way for us last week on Southwest, fantastic deal.It’s so cheap (around $100 one way) to fly inter-island I would do as others suggest fly to another island and stay and visit and fly home from there or vice versa. Too much to try to squeeze into a day IMO.
That is fantastic!Was $39 one way for us last week on Southwest, fantastic deal.
Southwest equals their prices, flies larger planes, has 3 more inches of seat pitch, and gives you 2 free checked bags. I see no reason to use Hawaiian for inter-island other than the disaster that was their holiday season.Hawaiian Airlines
Southwest equals their prices, flies larger planes, has 3 more inches of seat pitch, and gives you 2 free checked bags. I see no reason to use Hawaiian for inter-island other than the disaster that was their holiday seservice
Must have been a while since you did the trips, all of Hawaiian inter island is on Boeing 717 today, These have, in economy, only 29 inches of pitch. most flights have about 20 minutes in air time, so the service is being handed a cup of water or juice.Hawaiian Airlines’ service will never be equaled by Southwest. It may be a bold statement but this is one I stand by. The numerous posts about the beauty, the quality of service from staff, and even the warmth of other guests while here is a detriment to those who make that difference. Sure like how you say, prices can be beat or matched. Planes may be bigger. But never will their “Spirit of Aloha” or their sense of making each passenger feel like “Ohana” ever be matched! What LUV did last week to their thousands of passengers speaks for itself. HAL uses different sized planes for different routes. Smaller planes for flights to Lihue and Kahului. When they flew to Kaunakakai, it was their propeller fleet of Ohana Air. To both Hilo and Kailua-Kona it’s a little larger plane and then of course the routes to and from various cities abroad, the airbuses. When you talk about inter island options, yes there are two main players but only one stands out! Many of our guests are familiar with LUV and it’s understandable to be biased but to say there is “no reason” to use them for inter island travel, I completely disagree with. Hawaiian Airlines represents everything that Hawai’i is about, and sometimes yes the cost but if it’s matched by LUV, I’d have a lean towards one specific airline. Mahalo!